Wisconsin has seen a 1,450% increase in congenital syphilis cases since 2019, the state's Dept of Health Services reports.
This at a time when the country's premier #STD lab has been shuttered in the devastating cuts at #CDC.
What could possibly go wrong? https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/05/cdc-sexually-transmitted-diseases-laboratory-closed-by-trump-administration/

#Africa #CDC and #WHO update #mpox strategy as #outbreaks persist, https://www.who.int/news/item/17-04-2025-africa-cdc-and-who-update-mpox-strategy-as-outbreaks-persist

Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. The revised strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks, while expanding vaccination coverage and transitioning toward a longer-term, sustainable response.

#TIL I learned (from https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/a6nwl1g9xhl507bt) about sciop.net trying to #preserve #science #data (mainly from #USA) that is danger of disappearing.

So I added some more #torrents, to accompany the #CDC data I was already seeding on my home laptop and internet connection.

Helping from #Peru

"A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work group on COVID-19 vaccines now supports ending the agency's pandemic-era recommendation for virtually all Americans to get vaccinated against the virus each year, officials said Tuesday."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-covid-vaccine-recommendations-advisers/

Mark your calendar #science #NSF #NIH #NOAA #NASA #CDC #EPA #FDA #USDA #ocean #air #water #farm #ag #health #biodiversity #earth #habitat #wildlife #conservation

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mpoxsaax7r5rs2tgeh56nqhn/post/3lmwkebxnps23

#TheGremlinZoo #CDC #ACIP

Key vaccine committee meets for the first time under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-cdc-acip-kennedy-d9777cba947f5f52705af04d95e5f7fa

Autism rates among US 8-year-olds reached 1 in 31, per new CDC data. The rise likely stems from better diagnosis access for Black, Hispanic & low-income kids, closing historical gaps. Progress in equity & early detection.
#Autism #HealthEquity #CDC

A new strain of norovirus has been responsible for a dozen outbreaks on cruise ships, with hundreds of passengers getting sick. Meanwhile, last week, all full-time employees in the U.S. CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program were fired — cruise ship inspectors, plus the epidemiologist in charge of outbreak response. Pauline Frommer of @FrommersMag looks at why the heck this happened — "any claim that this was a cost-saving move is hokum," she writes — and what you should do if you're thinking of booking a cruise.

https://flip.it/pZvO8H

"For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting publicly to discuss the nation's vaccine policies."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5364677/cdc-acip-vaccines-meeting-rfk

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/rfk-jr-hhs-fda-deep-state-00286826

Among the abrupt termination of #CDC programs was the shuttering of the agency's viral #hepatitis lab. Imagine cops being asked to solve crimes without the capacity to test for fingerprints or swab for DNA. That's what this does to hepatitis surveillance in the US. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/14/cdc-hepatitis-lab-closes-rif-outbreak-response/

When you get rid of most of the people whose work fuels the day-to-day operations of an agency like #NIH, can the agency still function? Scientists & public health experts working at NIH, #CDC & #FDA fear the answer is no, & that they're about to find out. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/

"A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency’s splintering.

Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren’t infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings."

https://apnews.com/article/cdc-hiv-administration-for-a-healthy-america-8309109b91e6e4025878f335ea15dc96

If it's been too overwhelming to read every single thing about what's happening at federal health agencies, this piece from ten (10!) of my @STAT colleagues gives you an overview of what's happened and how bad it is:

“We are really trying to hold things together with our bare hands,” said one employee.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/